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CMB International

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

China Consumer discretionary / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>After a strong sales beat in 2023, we expect China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) sales growth to be moderate in 2024E.</li><li>While it is still difficult to identify long-term winner in China’s auto industry, competition, overseas expansion and technological advancement would still be the key topics for 2024.</li><li>Exports, Chinese brands’ market share gain and competition still key topics.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

After a strong sales beat in 2023, we expect China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) sales growth to be moderate in 2024E.While it is still difficult to identify long-term winner in China’s auto industry, competition, overseas expansion and technological advancement would still be the key topics for 2024.Exports, Chinese brands’ market share gain and competition still key topics.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Competition Pushes Technological Advancement, Overseas Expansion